Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/minkkoCo

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 This Proto-Muskogean entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Muskogean

Etymology

Possibly from an earlier term whence also Natchez miko, mekko, though it is also possible these were borrowed into Natchez through a Muskogean language.

Relation with Atakapa ko-i (“chief”) is a possibility.

Noun

*minkkoCₐₐo[1]

  1. chief, king; general term used to refer to a ruler

Descendants

  • Alabama: mikko
  • Chickasaw: minkoꞌ
  • Choctaw: mi̱ko
  • Creek: mēkko
  • Hitchiti: miki
  • Koasati: mikko
  • Mikasuki: miki
  • →? Natchez: miko, mekko (or possibly from the same Proto-Language, specifically Proto-Gulf)

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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